My absolute favorite vehicle ever was actually a piece of crap - a '77 Datsun pickup (that model year had legendary terrible breaks, you can still Google it now and find rants about the brakes). I remember the first time I saw one thinking it looked like the bastard child of a Subaru Outback and an Audi TT. I think architects tend to want either sports cars or trucks/SUVs, so I think the perfect architect's SUV/sexy sports car crossovers are the Infiniti FX series. I wanted a small SUV primarily for cargo capacity, as I have some equipment-intensive hobbies, and have been a little disappointed in the Patriot in that regard - they really took the small in "small SUV" seriously - but other than that I have been pretty happy with it. I'll post a photo set of the camper build when it's done.Īs for a dream car, if money was no object I'd shell out six figures for a Bollinger or a convert a classic to electric:Īfter a lifetime of whatever used car I could afford, I bought my first brand new car in 2014 (age 47) - a Jeep Patriot. The overall scheme is to stop having "my car & her car" and start having "the city car" that we use when we need to go somewhere we can't walk / bike / bus, and "the mountain truck" for our weekend adventures. Once that's squared away we're planning to trade in my wife's old Toyota Matrix for some sort of plug in hybrid.
I have a Leer canopy on order & working on a design for a minimalist camper build. I'm selling it because in the fall we bought a lifted '06 Tundra (nicknamed it the "Tig Ol' Bundra"). I'm currently in the process of fixing it up one last time so I can sell it. I've probably spent more in maintenance in the past 5 years than I spent to buy the car. It's gorgeous, but like Wood Guy said - I don't trust it. In 2015 I bought the quintessential Architect's Car: a black Volvo V70R.
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